A man accused of killing and then dismembering his housemate has been found guilty of the brutal murder.
Warped Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, bludgeoned Stuart Everett to death before cutting his body up with a hacksaw and depositing the parts in different locations across Salford and north Manchester. A court heard only about a third of 67-year-old Mr Everett’s body had been found.
Majerkiewicz – who has characters from gory films tattooed on his body, including Jason from Friday the 13th and the Predator – denied murdering Mr Everett in March last year. But a jury at Manchester crown court found him guilty after following a three week trial.
The thug – who has had his long hair cut short – said nothing as the guilty verdict was returned. He shook hands with his interpreter before being taken to the cells.
The court heard Mr Everett’s body was recovered from locations including Kersal Dale in Salford, Boggart Hole Clough in Blackley, Blackleach Reservoir and Linnyshaw Colliery Wood in Walkden and land off Chesterfield Close in Eccles.
Jurors have heard the two men lived together in the same house on Worsley Road in Winton. Mr Everett was subletting two rooms in his home, one to Majerkiewicz and another to a third man named Michal Polchowski.
Prosecutors have said they did not have to prove a motive for the killing, but claimed that Majerkiewicz had been experiencing a “growing sense of frustration” with Mr Everett.
The court heard Mr Everett was killed at some point between March 27 and 28 last year. He was of Polish heritage and was born with the name Roman Ziemacki. An increase in rent may have led to “tension” between the two men.
Majerkiewicz declined to give any evidence in his own defence.
During the trial the jury heard Mr Everett had been sawn into 27 pieces. His lower torso and thighs were found wrapped in cling film and hidden in an abandoned bunker at the Kersal Dale nature reserve on April 4 last year.
Majerkiewicz was caught on CCTV making numerous trips dumping Everett’s body parts across the region.
Jason Pitter KC, prosecuting, told the jury it was not possible to know who the victim was when the first body parts were discovered. He said Mr Everett was only identified after an investigation between April 27 and May 1 led to parts of a skull and ear being found.
The prosecution said that after the initial torso was found, police scoured CCTV from the area around Kersal Dale nature reserve in Salford.
They found that at around 5pm on April 2, a man was seen entering the pathway nearby carrying a heavy blue bag and walking to the wooded area where the body part was found. The same person was seen to emerge a short while later holding the bag folded up.
Majerkiewicz was arrested while sitting on a bus on suspicion of murder as he matched the man in the CCTV footage, the court heard. He had two mobile phones on him, one belonging to Mr Everett, along with the dead man’s bank cards.
When police searched their address they found evidence of blood staining and a deep clean, showing “something terrible had happened in that house”.
He said there was blood staining on the washing machine door handle, some carpet had been cut up, and blood from the floorboard underneath was a close match of Stuart Everett.
In a skip outside the property police found a ‘hacksaw blade’ in a black bin bag, which jurors heard contained Mr Everett’s blood.
Police also searched the nearby property of Majerkiewicz’s partner where they found a Rug Dr carpet cleaner with blood-stained skin and bone fragments, matching Mr Everett, stuck in the front guard.
The jury was told messages were sent from Mr Everett’s phone when he was already dead. Mr Pitter told the jury: “Messages were sent to people including family members, calculated to give the impression that Stuart Everett was still alive. That included exchanges with Stuart’s niece to wish her a happy birthday, but sent in terminology which was not consistent to have been from him.”
Analysis of Majerkiewicz’s phone movements and the CCTV footage showed him making a number of journeys to different places across the area with bags before returning.
Recoveries at Linnyshaw Colliery Wood included body parts wrapped in cling film, containing bones and muscle tissue. A further six body parts were found at Blackleach Reservoir, including parts of the skull, scalp and left ear.
Pathology of the skull fragments showed Mr Everett had been subjected to a “sustained, severe blunt-force physical assault”, with repeated blows to his head that shattered and fractured his skull.
Analysis showed that dismemberment of the body was consistent with the use of a hacksaw and took place after death.
During the trial the jury heard examination of CCTV and analysis of his phone movements showed Majerkiewicz travelled to a number of locations where body parts were found.
He was placed at the nearby Worsley Woods on March 28 with a wheelie bag – returning without the bag. Mr Pitter says: “Whilst no body parts were found in those woods, a black bin bag was found with blood that matched Stuart Everett.”
Later that day, Majerkiewicz was allegedly seen carrying a “large blue bag” away from Worsley Road to the area near Chesterfield Close. He said: “At that location a further nine packages of body parts were recovered there. Significantly this included many internal organs including the heart, kidney, lungs, and his, Stuart Everett’s genitalia.”
Mr Pitter said Majerkiewicz travelled from his home to Boggart Hole Clough on March 29, where a “section of Stuart Everett’s spinal column” was discovered. He said footage showed the defendant travelling to the area of Linnyshaw Colliery Wood that same day with a “large, apparently heavy bag”, and leaving without one. A search later in April found a second package of body parts wrapped in cling film.
Mr Pitter said: “It contained bones, muscle tissues and was comprised of 10 different body parts which appeared to have been sawed away from the body. The body parts included parts of the neck which showed signs of damage and injury being caused prior to death.”
Majerkiewicz also visited the area of Blackleach Reservoir on April 3, carrying a red bag with “something heavy inside” The court was told: “Located in that area were a further six parts, six in total, including parts of the skull, scalp and left ear near to the water’s edge. Also relevant to the medical findings, parts of the skin from his face.”
Mr Pitter said: “So, the prosecution say we have the defendant in attendance at each of those locations or at least travel consistent with those locations where those body parts had been recovered.
“The CCTV footage placing him in and around those locations, often arriving with an apparently heavy bag but each time leaving without it or we say having emptied the contents.”
